Stephen T. Warren Memorial Symposium Nov 29-30, 2022 Emory School of Medicine -- honoring giant in #fragilex + repeat disorders field! More speakers announced including David Nelson Eric T Wang Klann Lab Susan L Ackerman Registration link: surveymonkey.com/r/N7F65YR

The application window is now open for our 2023 Summer Internship Program! Find more information on our website or email us with any questions at [email protected].

Our preprint describing the Tandem Repeat Genotyping Tool (TRGT) is now available. In this paper we describe how TRGT combined with long and accurate PacBio sequencing can detect all of the features known to be associated with tandem repeats. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

.Emory School of Medicine dean's office celebrating 5 of our talented educators (out of >170 nominated schoolwide): Nadia Ali, Cecelia Bellcross, Hong Li, Lauren Lichten, Ami Rosen --Emory Genetic Counseling Training Program Peng Jin med.emory.edu/about/faculty/…

With deep sadness, we share news that our colleague and friend Cecelia Bellcross has passed away. Cecelia was extraordinary founder of Emory Genetic Counseling Training Program and leader in genetic counseling field. We remember her dedication to her students cc Lauren Lichten news.emory.edu/stories/2023/0…

We are pleased to announced Lauren Lichten as director of Emory Genetic Counseling Training Program. With Emory since 2019 and co-director with the late Cecelia Bellcross, previously Brandeis GC Program. Extensive experience in #geneticcounseling, maternal fetal, peds, neurology, ALS med.emory.edu/directory/prof…

Emory @emorygenetics is hosting a reception at the American Society of Human Genetics ASHG meeting! Friends, colleagues, alums, and trainees welcome! #ASHG23 At the Marriott Marquis (901 Mass Ave NW), Marquis Salon 3, Friday, Nov 3 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm Cc Peng Jin

Several of our folks looking forward to #ASHG23! We've compiled platform talks + posters. Lots of representation from @EpsteinStatGen Bing Yao @elizjleslie Peng Jin labs docs.google.com/document/d/1Cq…

Precision medicine for rare genetic disorders is always a challenge. By collaborating with Tjian + Darzacq Group, we are leveraging high-resolution single-molecule tracking as the next frontier for developing therapies for Rett syndrome and other diseases. genesdev.cshlp.org/cgi/content/lo…

We're so excited to offer this course in Atlanta this Fall. Open to interested scientists all over the world with many great hands-on learning opportunities. We are especially interested in candidates who are new to this space or hoping to bring organoid biology to their labs!

For #RareDiseaseDay, we share the experience of a Georgia family -- Scarlett Alonzo, diagnosed w/ arginase deficiency via #newbornscreening, participated in clinical trial of enzyme replacement -- shows importance of medical nutrition news.emory.edu/stories/2024/0…

Cute video of Emory School of Medicine medical geneticist Rossana Sanchez Russo with Scarlett vimeo.com/917169164/860b…

Earlier this month, Dr. Ami Klin, Director of the Marcus Autism Center, presented to the United Nations about ways to ensure equal access to essential technologies for people living with #autism.

It is with great sadness that the Simons Foundation announces the death of its co-founder and chair emeritus, James Harris Simons. Jim was an award-winning mathematician, a legendary investor and a generous philanthropist. simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/sim…

Grateful that Beckman Foundation backing our 2024 Next Gen High School Internship Program High School Internship program with a Community Support Grant via Peng Jin (Young Investigator in 2005) Emily Allen med.emory.edu/departments/hu…

Congratulations to our excellent clinicians: MDs Hong Li, William Wilcox and Rossana Sanchez Russo all named to Atlanta Magazine's Top Docs for 2024 in Clinical Genetics …antamagazine.mydigitalpublication.com/?m=62537&i=825…

Tandem Repeats in Human Diseases session starts now #ASHG24

Cold Spring Harbor Asia Meeting - Short Tandem Repeats in Gene Regulation and Disease Cold Spring Harbor Asia csh-asia.org/?content/2754

With Todd Lab @UM csh-asia.org/?content/2754

So proud of my student Tanvi, and very grateful to NFXF for giving her this opportunity and supporting our research!